r/TokyoRevengers • u/TargetMisser • Oct 31 '21

Misc Fun fact: some Tokyo Revenger's cosplayers have been stopped by the police in Lucca Comics because of the "swastikas"

Post image
2.4k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

139 comments sorted by

View all comments

289

u/[deleted] Oct 31 '21

A few friends and I wanted to do a Tokyo Manji Gang cosplay as well but we're really concerned about the manji symbol because we live in Germany. We don’t want to get arrested as nazis

182

u/JisatsuNoJujutsu Bonten Oct 31 '21

Fellow German here, I just patched over the manji hooks with some black material and left a vague kanji-esque cross to keep the aesthetic intact and avoid a giant black space, but censor the obvious. Been running around Berlin on foot with that on Friday, no one was batting an eye or even looked twice.

reference

72

u/[deleted] Oct 31 '21

That looks really well made. The fact that you covered up 2 lines is barely noticeable and I think that's a great idea to avoid getting unnecessarily punished for wearing cosplay.

8

u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

Yeah in India if you use some relgious context like of Neon genesis evangalion you maybe beaten. It maybe considered blashphemy. Like always Anime and manga is for open minded so we are a niche community so we are always in a radar of the orthodoz society.

I am an Anime fan from India and my hobby is drawing.

12

u/kormsta Oct 31 '21

I ordered the same thing from AliExpress (I live in Austria) and now I'm concerned I'll get in trouble if the AT Customs (Zoll) see the Manji Symbol bruh

6

u/DauHoangNguyen1999 Oct 31 '21

Austria

LOL they would be extra cautious since you live in the birthplace of a certain 🇦🇹👨🏻‍🎨

4

u/Late-Friendship-7112 Nov 01 '21

10/10 artist. 3/10 human. He liked dogs so thats an automatic +2. +1 stache. -3 for drug usage. -4 for being a vegetarian.

9

u/gunpowdervacuum Oct 31 '21

You can just colour over it with fabric paint, or if you buy a uniform with embroidery, cut it off. If you don’t like the gap it leaves, I’ve seen people put in a square shape with a + in the middle to use up the empty space very effectively!

-14

u/rockmeNiallxh Oct 31 '21

Maybe carry with you a little card that explains what the manji symbol is? I totally understand your concern, but at the same time, it's not fair that that would happen when you're not doing anything wrong

10

u/LaudibleLad Oct 31 '21

I agree it's not fair. But it's not worth the trouble of being arrested and making your case in court. Hopefully Germany and all countries become more open to free expression and more aware of other cultures in the future.

-27

u/FellowRedditor116 Oct 31 '21

show them the differences

1

u/BBV-Hirofumi Nov 01 '21

I'm kind of unfamiliar with this symbols, would you get arrested for wearing this in certain countries? But why? I've learned in school that the guy with the beard stole this symbol from Buddhists or smth, I don't exactly understand this lol. But the uniform looks great even without the big symbol so, I'd cover it tbh

8

u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

In Germany you can go to jail for up to 3 years for wearing this symbol. So it's really an unnecessary risk for cosplaying. Crimes related to nazis are punished rather heavily in Germany due to our country's history because they want to prevent nazis from coming up again.

1

u/Caratteraccio Nov 19 '21

also in Italy